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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
C . II 0 L A HAN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
BcnroiiD, PA.
Jan. 28, '7O-tf
A LEX. KING. Jft. f
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BEDFORD, PA.,
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y. A. POINTS,
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QR B. F. HARRY,
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Bedford April 1. *K9..
P N. HICKOK7
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w M. LLOYD
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ITEMS.
THE London Telegraph disco arses of the
drinking habits of ladies and a-ks if every
body of good position does not know Indies
that drink more than is good for them.
They are not inebriated, hut they have swal
lowed the amount of stimulant necessary to
bring them up to their best society mark.
Physicians, it stays, will corroborate the
statement.
FRANCIS A. WALKER, whom the Presi
dent bas appointed Superintendent of the
Census, is a Dative cf North Brookfield,
Massachusetts, and a son of the Hon. Arna-a
Walker. He enlisted early in the war in
the Fifteenth Massachusetts regiment, and
was soon after commissioned as Captain and
Assistant Adjutant General. He served
on the staff of General Couch, General Han
cock, and other commanders, and left the
army near the close of the war with the
rank of Lieutenant. Colonel and Brigadier
Genera' by brevet. Ho is now Deputy
Special Commissioner of the Revenue, and
his services in that position have been val
uable.
WORK FOR TIIE SON OF A PBINCE.—
Prince Napoleon gives his son a Spartan
education. The boy is sent as a day board
erat a small school. By ordtrof the Prince,
tbe boy is called "Victor," simply, except
he behaves extraordinary well, when he
may be called "Napoleon Victor," as a re
ward. His work is from eight in the morn'
ing to six in the evening. At first dry
bread was prescribed by the Prince as
luncheon, but marmalade was added when
it appeared that all other little fellows had a
little sauce with their bread. Much of the
success of the royal families of Europe is
due to good physical training in early youth.
V hat is to be expected from an over-dress
ed. petted no 'die, beyond the cultivation of
a weak moustache?
IN the Missouri Legislature, the other
day, the bill to regulate the compensation
of teachers was amended iu the lower House
so as to give females the same pay ae males
where equally qualified and performing Ilk
duties. And why not ? This is a matter of
women's rights upon which a great deal of
reform i- needed throughout this countrv,
and needed in Pennsylvania as much as any
where else. It is a matter, too, upon which
for the present oor women's rights agitators
may more profitably employ their time than
in traveling conventions on woman suffrage.
It our woman's rights women could only be
made to understand that the Pyramids of
Egypt were built stone by stone they would !
learn that ail great reforms are not aecom- !
plished in a single jump, but are reached
piece by piece.
A REPORT comes to us from Mexico that I
will be interesting to several titled person- ;
ages in Europe. It is stated on good au- \
thority that tbe crown jewels of Spain,
which have been mbsing for some time, are
in pawn at the oational Monte de Peidad in i
the city of Mexico. These precious articles
are not to be seen by ordinary visitors to
that establishment : but the story is that
they were shown to Mr. S- ward and one or
two members of hi-> party. They include i
the jewels that were pawned by Isabella—
not the I-aliella of the Period, but tbe oih- !
er—to fit out Columbus on bis voyage to i
di-eover Atueriea. A portion, if not all the
jewels that have been added to the Spanieh
crown since that time are with them, and i
the entire lot has been pledged as collateral
for a loan to somebody. The amount of the I
I loan and the name of the party who negotia
ted it are not gircn. but could probably be j
' ascertained by application to the proper au
j thnrities of the Mexican capital.
! BF.ETHER DEPENDS HIMSELF. Mr.
Beecher, in a recent review of his tweoty
three )ears' ministry at Plymouth Church,
defended himself against the charge of I*
i ing a sensational preacher, saying that he
' had always tried to set forth the Gosple in
i its purity. He added: "A most interesting
j faet came to my knowledge a day or two
ago. A Roman priest, who had been con
vened to Protestantism, told me that in
Rome be went into a bookstore, where he
found a book made up largely of my ser
mons. translated into Italian, and addressed
to the faithful of the Romish Church, a
"aids to devotion." It would not do to
know who the author was. Leaving out
the name, it was considert d good enough
preaching for even the old Church of Rome.
I am satisfied to have my name thus un
known. It is testimony of the catholicity
and universality of the spirit of Christ,
when you take away the names and the
boundaries of prejudice, and shows that
which is good Gospel here is good Gospel
everywhere, even under the pontifical tiara. '*
THE FUTURE OF EUROPE.—The Paris
corre-pondent of the Chicago Tribune , in a
letter ju-t received, says: There is n iw ho
vering over Europe an immense cloud of
revolution, which gains in size daily, cx
tending over manufactures, the labor of the
working cla-ses. politics, and religion. The
social order of Europe, shaken to its founds
lion, is ciacking on all sides, and iu all coun
tries. Is this a passing cloud, resulting on
ly in a few flashes of lightning and a slight
fall of raio? Or is it one of those great so
ctal hurricanes let loose by the new condi
tions of our time, by improved locomotion,
aud more widely diffused instruction, which
Will change the face of Europe in order that
it may be reconstructed in some other fash
ion? Ido not know, but certainly the cloud
is over us, and all who are not fools see and
feel it as one soes and feels the storm in the
1 heavy days of spring. We. at Paris, are
plunged in polities. We laugh and jest as
we always do. but the balls, private parties,
i and theaters even, suffer by this g<DTal
! trouble. The r< -unions at the court are sus
' (tended. Tbe Empress has nervous attacks,
and dreams of Marie Antoinette, the scaf
fold, and all that a woman can fancy, who
j sees that she is far from being tbe idol of a
nation, although, poor woman, she can be
reproacln-d oniy for her folly in trying to be
come a politician. Prince Napoleon found
j this movement very useful and very good,
so lone as he sought reform. But now it i.-
' seeking to get rid of all tbe Bonapartes, and
I especially of him, because he is feared the
I most He finds this deplorable, and says
openly that an end must lie made of the fif
teen or twenty thousand people who trouble
; Praoee. If only that number wanted the
| republic and his departure the thing would
be easy, but, unluckdy, he is mistaken in
! his figures. He should have tid fifteen or
{ twenty millions
BEDFORD, PAM FRIDAY* FEB. 18, IB7Q.
WASHINGTON'S TEMPT A ION.
BY GEORGE LII'I'ABD.
There are many days in winter whtn the
air is very soft and haltoy, as the early cays
of summer, when glad maiden May seems
to blow warm breath in the gritn face of
February, until the rough old warrior laughs
again.
It was one morning like this that the
morning sunshine was streaming over a
high rock that frowns far above the Wi-ahi
kon.
A high rock, attainable only by along and
winding path, fenced in by the trunks of
giant pines, whose boughs iu the coldest
day of wioter form a canopy overhead.
And near this nook —the chamber in the
forest, for it was nothing else —sat an old
man, 6eparntcd from it by the trunks of the
pines, whose boughs concealed his form.
That old man had come here alone to
think of his two sons now freezing at Val
ley Forge; for, though the father was a tory,
his two sons were continentals. He was a
well meaning n: .n, but some half oraxy idea
about th divine right of George'lll, lurked
in his b;aio, and kept him back from the
camp of Washington.
And now, on this bright morning in Feb
ruary, he had come here to think the mat
ter over.
While he was pondering this deep matter
over, he heard the tramp of a horse not far
off, and looking between the trunks of tbe
pines, he saw a man di-mount and advance
into the quiet nooks of the moss covered
rocks.
Leaving this aged man to look upon the
iutruder himself, let us look upon him with
our own eyes.
As be comes through those thick boughs
we behold a man over six feet, with his
manly form enveloped in a course grey over
coat; a chapeau on his bold forehead—and
bcßeath the coat you may see the military
boots and also the end of a scabbard.
And who is this man of kingly presence,
who comes here alone to pace this moss
covered recess with drooped head and fold
ed arms? Wa-bington!
As he meditates upon the awful condition
of his starving army at Valley Forge, anoth
erform, tall as his own, emerges from the
boughs, and unperceived gazes upon the
warrior.
A moment passes, and as Washington
turns and meets the stranger's gaze, a j
-strong resemblance is noticed. The same
height, breadth of chest, limbs, nay. almost
the same faces; save that ol the stranger in \
outline, and lacks that ealm consciousness ot j
a great soul, which stamps the countenance
of Washington.
Tbataeseniblance is most strange they are
clad in the same coarse gray eoat; their cos
tumes are alike—yet hold—
The stranger throws open his overcoat I
and yon behold that hangman's dress, that
British ui iform, flashing with gold and
stars. Washington starts back, and lays ;
his hand upon his sword.
And as those two men, so strangely alike,
met there by accident, under that canopy ot
boughs, one wandering from Valley Purge, j
one from Philadelphia, let me tell you at
once that the stranger none other than the
Master Butcher of the idol-king. Sir Wil
liam Howe.
Ycs, there they met, the one the imper
sonation of freedom, and the other the tin
seled lackey of a tyrant's will.
We will listen to their conversation; it is
brief but important.
For a moment the British General stood ;
spell bound before the man whom he had
; crossed the ocean to entrap and bring home: !
■ the Rebel who had lifted his hand against ;
the right divine of the British Pope ! To
that British General there was something
awful about the soldier who could talk with
his God as Washington had a moment ago
"I cannot be at length said
Sir Wil iam Howe. "I behold before me
the chieftain of the rebel army, J Winter
Washington?
Washington coldly bowed his head.
"Then this is a happy hour, for we to
! gelher can give peace and freedom to this
] unhappy land.'
j At this word, Washington started with
! surprise, advanced a step, and then exclaim
i ed—
" And who, sir, arc jou that thus boldly
j promises peace and freedom to my coun
try ?'
"The commander of his Majesty'a forces
in America," said Howe, advancing along 1
the wood hidden rock towards Washington. ;
"And, oh, sir! let nie tell you that the
: King, my master, has heard of your vir
j toes, which aloDe dignify the revolt with
the name of a war; and it is to you that he
looks for the termination of this most disas
, t-rous contest."
Then Washington, whose pulse had never
j quickened before all the panoply of British
arms, felt his great heart flatter in his bo
-ora, as that great boon was before his eyes
peace and freedom to hi< native land !
"Yes," continued Howe, advancing an
other step, "my King looks to you for the
termination of this uunatural war. Let re
bellion once be crushed—let the royal nsnie
be finally established by your influences;
then, sir, behold toe gratitude of King
George to HiMtr Washington."
As he spoke, he placed in the hands of
Washington a massive parchment, sealed
with the broad seal of England, and signed
with the natne of King George,
Washington took, the parchment, opened
and read it, but his face did not change a
■i-uscle. And yet the parchment named
I Hitter GEORGE Washington, GEORGE PI KE
i WASHINGTON, OF Mt. Vemon: ovrteellbe
; loved tenant, VICEROY OF AMERICA!
Here was a boon for the Virginia planter;
j here was a tftle and a power for the young
; man who was one day struggling for bis life
J away there, amid floating ice, oo the dark
; Allegheny.
For a moment the face of Washington
was hurried in that parchment, and then,
in a low. deep voice, he spoke : *
"I have been thinking," said he, "of the
j ten thousand brave men who have been
1 ma>aered in this quarrel. I have bern
I thinking of Bunker Hill, Lexington, Que
i bee, Trenton; yes, the dead of Germantown,
! Saratoga, Brandywine, and —"
"And your King," continued Washing
ton, with a look and tone that would have
cut into the heart of marble." would have
me barter the bones of the dead for a rib
bon and a title!"
And t! en, while Howe shrunk cowering
back, the Virginia planter, Washington.
crashed that parchment into the sod with
the heel of his warrior boot; yes, trampled
thai title, that royal name, into one mass of
rage end dust -
"That's my answer to your King I"
And there he stood, with scorn on his
brow and in bis eyes, his outstre.tcbed arm
pointing at his minion of King George.
M aMI t that a picture for tbe pencil of an
angel? And now that British General,
recovering from bis first eurprise, grew as
red as his uniform, with rage.
"lour head," he gasped, clinching his
hands, "will yet redden the traitor's block "
Then Washington's haud sought hi"
sword, then his fierce spirit awoke within
him; it was hi* first impulse to strike the
braggart quivering in the du-t. But in a
moment be grew calm.
ours is a good and great King," he
said with his usual stern tone. "At first
he is determined to sweep a whole continent
with five thousand meD, but soon finds that
his five thousand men must swell to twenty
five thousand, before he can even begin hi
work of murder : then be sacrifices bis own
subjects by thousands—and butchers peace
fui farmers by tens of thou-ands—and yet
he march of victory is not even begun.
Then, if he conquers the capital city of the
continent, victory is sure. Behold the city is
IL his grasp, yet still the hosts of freedom de
fy fc.m, even Irom the huts of Valley Forge.
"And now, as a last resource, your King
comes to the man whose, head yesterday
was sought, with a high reward, to grace the
iate of Londcn—he offers that rebel a
Dukedom—a viceregal scepter ! Aud yet
that rebel tramples the Dukedom into the
dust —that rebel crushes into atoms the
name of such a king."
Ab, never a spaniel skulked away from
the kick of bis master as General Howe
cringed away from the presence of Wash
ington. He mounted his horse and was
gone.
One word with regard to the aged tory,
who lieheld the scene from yonder bushes,
with alternate wonder, admiration and fear.
That tory went home. "I have seen
George IV ashing top at prayer," he said to
his wife. "The ma's who can trample upon
the name of a King-as he did—pray to Gml
as he prayed—that man cannot be a rebel
or a bad man. To-morrow I wiil join my
sons at Valley Forge."
WHY AUNT SALLY NEVER MAR.
HIED.
"Now Aunt Sally, do please tell us whv
you never married. You know you said
once that when you were a girl you were en
gaged to a minister, and promised that yon
would tell us all about it, sometime. Now,
Aunt, plea*e do.''
"Well, if I ever did sec such girls in all
my borne days. It's tea-e, tease from morn
ing till night, but what you mu-t know all
about everything that you haven't any busi
ness to know anything about Such inquisi
tive, pesteriferous critters as you are! When
I was young, girl.- was different; they tnind
ed tbeir business and didn'tgo sailing around
with a whole string of beaux, getting their
heads filled with all kinds of nonsense. 1
never dared to ask my aunts, married orsio
gle, about any of their affairs. Pretty tnes-
I'd have got in if I had. When they of
feral to tell me anything of their own ac
cord, I kept my mouth shut and listened.
Everything is different now-a-days ; younr
foil* have no respect for their elders. But
as . see I am not going to hare any peace
till I do tell you, why just listen, and don't
let me hear a word out of one of your mouths
till I get through."
'That'sright.. Aunt Sally, gOright ahead,
do. and we'll keep perfectly still."
' Well, you see, when I was about seven
te- 1 ! years old. I was living in Utica, in th-
Stae, of New York. Thoueh I say it my
sell, I was quite a good looking girl then,
anc had several beaux. The one that took
my fancy most was a young minister, a very
proni-ing young man and remarkably pious
and steady. lie thought a great deal of me.
aud I kind of took a fancy to him and thing
rar on till we were eDgaged.
"One evening he came to me —1 reuiem
i*r it as well a> if it were only yesterday.
Whin he came into the parlor, where I wa
ttling a'onc, he came up to me and—but
nrw, p.*! aw I girls. 1 dou't like to tell tbe
rest."
' Oh, Aunt -tally, for mercy sake, don't
s:op; tell us what he did."
"Well, as I said, he came up to me and
put his arms around me, aud rather hugged
tae, while I got exciud and some frustrated,
and it wa- a long time ago, and don't know
but what I might have hugged him back a
iitt'e. Then I felt—but now ju-t clear oui
every one of you, I shan't tell you any
more."
"Goodness gracious, no, Aunt Sally. Te'il
us how you felt. Didn't you feel good, and
what did he do next ?"
"Oh, such torments as you are! I was
ike any other girl, and pretty soon I pre
tended to be mad about it, and pushed him
away, tnough I wasn't mad a bit. You
nust know that the bou-e where I lived was j
rce of the bac-k streets in town. There j
were glass doors in the parlor, which opened
right over the street, and no balcony or any
thing of the kind in front of the house. A
it was in the summer season thee door
were opened and the shutters ju-t drawn t .
I stepped back a little from him, and when
he edged up close I pushed him away again.
I pu-hed harder than I intended to, and
don't you think eir]-, the poor fellow lost
hi- balance and fell through one of tbe door
into the street ? \es, it s so. As he fell 1
gave a scream and caught him —but I declare
I won't tell anything more. I'm going to
leave the room."
"No. no, Aunt Sa"y ! How did you catch
him ? Did it hurt him much ?"
"Well, if I must, I must. He fell head !
lirst, and as he was going I caught him by
the legs of his trowsers. I held on for a
minute and tried to pull him back, but his
suspenders gave way, and the poor young :
nuau fell clear out of his pantaloons into a
whole parcel of ladies and gentleman pass
ing along the street."
"Oh. Aunty, Aunty, Lordv, Lordy ! He,
he, he!"
"There, that's right; giggle aud squeal as
much as you want to. Girls that can t hear
about a little thing like that without tearing
around :he room, and he-he-ing it- such a
way don't know enough tocome home when
it rains. A nice time tho man that ever
marries one of you wili have, wont he?
Catch me telling ton anything again."
"But, Aunt Sally, what became of him ?
Did you ever see him again? '
"No, the moment he touched the ground
I he got up and left that place in a terrible
hurry. I tell you it was a sight to remem
ber to see how that mau did run. Father
happened to be coming up the atreet at the
titnc, and he said he never saw anything to
equal it in his whole !ife. I heard others
say that he did tbe fastest rnnning ever
known in that part of the country, and that
he never stopped or looked behind until be
was two miles out of town. He seot me a
note a few days afterward saying that the
engagement must be broken off. as he never
could look me in the face after what had
happened. Ho went out West, and Ibe
lieve be is preaching out in Illinois. But
he never married. He was very modest,
and I suppose he was so badly frightened
that he never dared to trust himself near a
woman again. That, girls, is the reason I
never married. I felt very bad about it for
a long time, for be was a real good man, and
I've often thought that we should always
have been happy if hit suspenders hadn't
given way."
AMERICAN PERFUMERY.
Of late years tbe use of fine perfumery
has become very general in tbe United
Ftates. Its sales t many firms, in many
instances, is an exclusive fortune by itself.
Its manufacture, especially of American
cologoes, by the leading chemists of the
Union within the last ten or twelve years,
has become a specialty of trade.
Acknowiedgediy, within that period,
some of the very best Cologne water at
present manufactured in the world bas been
made in this country, and now bears, either
blown in tbe glass, or labelled upon its pa
pered front, the name or names of some of
our superior American druggists. Indeed,
to such an extent is the manufacture now
carried, that the best metropolitan chenri-L
--latterly furnish priuted circulars to their
customers, containing each tbe names ol
half a dozen or more species of scented wat
er, of their exclusive manufacture, in lieuol
their former French, English or German
lists. Except, in fact, by foreigners, to-day,
choice brands of either the old favorite Ger
maD or Paris Farina Colognes are but little
calf d for
Corn spirit, although of much more value
than the grape for many of the lighter es
-encts, such as the vin'et, lavender, etc..
which latter delicate bouquets are universal
ly conceded to be much finer of English
than of French, has never by connoisseurs
been admitted upon a par, for general use,
with the grape spirit, now exclusively used
by the French in the preparation of the
world-famed Cologne. Some Americans—
and usually the best chemists—follow tb<
Parisian choice in spirits. Others, again,
nd some far from an inferior class of Amer
ican druggists, keep tbeir manufacture of
Cologne from first to last a close secret in
the firm. One can barely, now a-days, vi-it
ID American pharmacy possessed of any oi
dinary pretentions to exterprise, but that,
if the inquiry be preferred tor Cologne, a
dainty little bottle of "our own exclusive
manufacture" is tendered with glowing
words of recommendation for the question
er's trial.
And still with all this growing national
interest in this oDe special branch of manu
facture. the perfumer's art is said not to be
a lucrative one in America. The purftrmer
m the United States complains bitterly that
no business is now so heavily taxed as his.
Every ingredient is now doubled, in some
in-tances trebled, its co.-t within eight or
>en years since. Especially is the tax on
alcohol, as also that upon tbe stamps and
sales, felt to be the greatest strain. For
example: In 1860, alcohol was selling at bu<
forty cents per gallon; it now brings three
dollars. Tallow, also, has risen to a most
exorbitant figure. Few manufacturing per
fumers, as may readily be imagined, at these
h'gh prices, have survived the pressure.
Hence the fact, that wiihin the last six
year-, no ingle manufacturer has permanent
ly entered into perfumery as a business in
ibis city.
In the preparation of essences the follow
ing list of five extracts is considered stock
es-ence enough, and sufficiently varied to
manufacture five hundred "bouquets" from
—to wit: Rose, Jessamine, Tube Rose,
Cassie and Orange Flower. Two articles,
very much patronized abroad, and especial
ly in Paris, have comparatively but limited
-ale in the United States, and absolutely no
American manufacture. Allu-ion is made
to the "('old Cream" which is the French
man and woman's ideal cosmctique, and
PaDacea coupled with the almost inuutnera
ble varieties of toilet vinaigres, with which
—and oftentimes to ths aimast total exclu
-ion of Nature's cosmctique, pure cold wat
er —foreigners, and particularly French peo
ple, indulge so lavishly in. It is an indis
putable fact that by American ladies neither
of these compounds are much sought after.
In their places glycerine of late years, plain
and in every conceivable form and combina
tion, may be said to be tLe more strictly na
tional, sine qua non, for the toilet. In fact,
this ingredient, which is simply the sugar
•if fat. now enters largely into almost every
known cosmetique.— Ntw York Mail.
TIIE BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS.
Will the CathJics he Satisfied H hen tfu
Bible has been Banished ?
Not many men. we suppose, are thinking j
that, when once the reading of the Bible in
•he public school® is prohibited, th" Roman
Catholics will be content with oar American
system of instruction by the State. If suy
one entertains that opinion, he has only to
take a look at the Roman Catholic papers to
iearo that he is much mistaken. Says f be :
Freeman's Journal, under date of Decern- i
her 11 : "Let the public school system go to j
where it came from—the devil," "Wediu
not and will not," says the Tablet , "accept •
the State as educator." '"There is DO pos- ;
sible programme of common school instruc
tion," says the Freeman's Journal of No- i
vetnher 20, "that the Catholic Church can
permit her children to necept. * * * It is
not that ice declare so. It is the Catholic
Church." And then tbe writer goes on to j
quote front the Syllabus to the effect that
no Roman Catholic is at liberty to believe
otherwise than that it is a most daDgerous
enor to think that any school is a fit school
for Roman Catholic children which >s not en
tirely under the control ol the Church.
That the teaching in State schools regards
only or chiefly the mere knowledge of
natural things and tbe purposes of our
social life here on earth, is wholly betide
the que-tioa, says the Journal ; the children
are immortal, and the whole object ol teach
ing tbem anything is to prepare them for
an eternal life. The same papei says: "If
j the Catholic translation of the books of Holy
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V\ rit which is to be found in the homes <.(
il our better educated Catholics were to be
dissected by the ablest Catholic theologian
in the land, and merely lessons to be taken
from ir, such as Catholic mothers read to
their children, ar.d with all the notes and
comments in the popular edition, and others
added, with the highest Catholic endorse
rnent, and if these admirable Bible lessons,
and these alone, were to be ruled as to be
read in all the public schools, this would not
diminish in any substantia! degree the oh
jec-tions we Catholic* have to letting our
children attend the public schools." In
short, if the Roman Catholic press does not
misrepresent the Roman Catholic feeling
'.'id opinion about our common school
system, the school must be the priest
preachinsr, or else cur Roman Catholic
fellow citizens will be advised by their
:lergy to refuse it support.
DEADHEADS.
The term "deadhead" is not to be found
in Webster, but it is taking firm root in the
language. "Deadheads," as we understand
the meaning, are not confined to the theatre,
the steamboat, the stage and t-bcrail-car;
they infest every walk of life—they are
found hanging to the skirts of every popular
movement. Jo politics, how many dead
heads ride into office npon the backs of the
people. They pay no fare, for tbey have no
lalenis or good intentions—they only pocket
their salaries. They are deadheads, ridiDg
in the national train, at the expense of the
people. In the benevolent and reformatory
movements of the day the deadhead often
Suds a snug corner. When evils are hunted
he is sure to be in at the death, though ever
i laggard in the chase. He has away of
cutting aeross lots, and an instinct seems to
lead him to the points of victory. He is the
readiest to claim the reward, but the slowest
to earn it. He reaps where he has not sown,
wd enters into the fruits of other men's
labors. The church, too, has its deadheads.
Some of them, alas ! are deadhearted. They
fire great at praying, but very small at pay
ing. They hope to ride on the "Celestial
Railroad at other men's expense. They
trustto besavedbythe company tbey arein.
They are a stumbling-block in the way of
unbelievers, and occupy the seats of better
men. But. alas for tfcem. they will at last
be obliged to show their tickets ere tbey
enter the heavenly gates. The world, in
short, is full of deadheads—and some of
them are blockheads. This earthly sphere
is a railroad train, in which we are all rush
ing towards eternity. How many of us have
paid our fare? How many areoccpying scats
which we have not earned? Let us hasten to
secure a title to them before the ban is ut
tered against ali deadheads, and we are driv
en out with shame. * * * Young men,
never be a deadhead! Pay your way in the
world if you would Jive. Do not attempt to
ride through life at the expense of otheis,
or hang upon other men's labors. If you
do. you may hang upon somthing else, and
worse yet, will surely lose the inward peace
and happiness which flow from a conscious
ness of duty done.
MOSS AGATE A!*il> BLOOUSTO>E.
Among the most fashionable stones usrd
for ornaments is the 3lontana moss agtae. If
is transparent, and has beautiful veins of
moss running through it which forms a very
pleasing contrast when handsomely mnun
red. Agates are found in porphyry, amyg
dalsio, green stone and serpentine gener
ally, accompanied by chalcedony and corne
lian. The vegetable appearances in the
varieties of agate are said to result from the
pre'enee of real plants in the stone.
Until the Montana agate became so much
in vogue, the specimens brought from Ob
erstein, in Germany, were considered the
most beautiful. It is also found in other
parts of the United States. The variety of
•olors which it presents depends, in a great
measure, on the number and kinds of the
-implc minerals composing it. Some are
dotted or clouded with red cornelian, or
-triped liU tlio onyx, flltaroatoSy witb rbsl
eedon; and cacbalong, or in some parts
opaque, with the presence of jasper, etc.
The heliotrope, or bloodstone is also found
in great variety. Its color is deep green,
peculiarly rich, interspersed with blood red
spots, translucent on the edges, lustre glis
rening, and resinous. It is called bloodstone
from the appearance of the red spots, and
sometimes Oriental jasper, from the fact
ihat the choicest varieties come from the
Eat. It is plentiful in Siberia, Iceland.
Bohemia, the Faroe Islands, Scotland and
India, and is also to be had in our own State
jf New York, near Troy.
Artists who engrave on this stone avail
themselves of its peculiar arrangement of
colors to produce the most striking effects.
In the Imperial collection at Paris, there
exists a bust of our Saviour, in which the
drops of blood falling from the wounds are
represented by the natural red spots of the
heliotrope. Blood stone has never been
known to go out of fashion entirely, the
sainc as other stone.
COMMERCE OF THE WORLD.
France exports wine, brandies, silks, fancy
a; tides, furniture, jewelry, clocks, watches,
pa; cr, perfumery, and fancy goods gener
allv.
Italy exports corn, oil, flax, wines, essen
ces, dye stuffs, drugs, fine marble, soap,
paintings, engravings, mosaics, and salt.
Prussia exports linens, woolens, zinc, ar
ticles of iron, copper and brass, indigo, was,
hams, mu-ical instruments, tobacco, wine,
and porcelain.
Germany exports wool, wollen goods, lin
en*, rags, corn, timber, iron, lead, tin, flax,
hemp, wine, wax, tallow, and cattle.
Austria exports mineral, raw and manu
factured silk thread, gla®B, wax, tar, nut
gall, wine, honey, and mathematical instru
ments.
England exports cottons, woollens, glass,
hardware, earthenware, cutlery, iron, metal
ic wares, salt, coal, watches, tin, silks and
linens.
Russia exports tallow, flax, hemp, flour,
iron, copper, linseed, lard, hide. wax. dock,
cordage, bri.-tles, furs, potash and tsr.
Spain exports wine, brandy, oil, fresh
and dried fruits, quick silver, sulphur, salt,
cork, saffron, anchovies, silk* and woollens.
CbiDa exports tea, rhubarb, musk, gin
ger. borax, xtnc, silks, cassia, filigree work,
ivory ware, lacquered ware and porcelain.
Turkey exports coffee, opium, silks, drugs,
gums, dried fruits, tobacco, wines, camel's
hair, carpets, shawls, camlets and morocco.
Hindoostan exports gold and silver
cochipeal, indigo, -xrsanarill*, vaoilla, jalap
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and dye staff"
Brazil exports coffee, indigo, sugar, rice.
hides, dried meats, tallow, goid, diamonds
and oilier precious clones, gums, mahogany
and india rubber.
West Indies export sugar, molasses, rum,
tobacco, cigars, mahogany, dye wood, coffee,
pimento, fresh fruits and preserves, wax,
gioger and other spices.
Switzerland exports cattle, cheese, but
ter, tallow, dried fruit, iitien, silks, velvets,
lace, jewelry, paper and gunpowder.
Kait lodta exports cloves, nutmegs, a nee,
pepper, rice, indigo, gold dust, camphor,
benzine, snlphur, indigo, ivory, rattans,
sandal wood, zine and nuts.
United States exports principally agricul
turnl produce, cotton, tobacco, flour, pro
visions of ail kinds, lumber, turpentine and
wearing apparel.— Kev: York Commercial
Advertiser.
JOSH BILLINGS' PAPEHX
JEWS HAKPS.
A gentleman iz a gentleman the world
I over—loafers differ.
Benevolence iz the cream that rizes on
the milk or human kindness.
Courage without discretion, iz a ram with
horns on both ends, be will hiv more fites
on band than he kan well attend to.
Hunting after happiness, iz like bunting
after a lost sheep in the wilderness: wbeo
yu find it. the chances are, that it iz a
skeleton.
A dog iz tbe only animal kritter who iurs
yu more than he luvs himself.
There iz no more real Batisfackshon in lay
ing up io yure buzzum an injury than thare
iz in stuffing a dead hornet, who haz stung
you, aod keeping him tew look at.
Old friends are like old cheese, the
strongest.
Lies are like illegitimate children, they
are liable tew call a man "Father" when he
least cxpekts it
All money that iz well spent, iz a good
investment.
If we would all ov us take kan ov out
own souls, and let onr nabors alone, there
I would be less time lost, and more souls
I saved.
Before i would preach the gospel az some
ministers are obliged to, for 450 dollars a
year, i would git a living az Nebudkenezzer
did, and let the congregashun go tew grass
to.
Contentment is the vittles, and drink ov
the soul.
I>id yu ever hear a son bragging about
hiz father, whoze father could with justice,
brag about hiz son ?
The safest kind ov fnitb i kco ov, iz
humanity.
Tbc man who never makes enny mis
takes, like the angle-worm, never gits far
away from biz hole.
A brilliant blunder in a writer, iz often
one ov hiz best hits.
Tyranny iz often changed, but never de
i stroved.
Suekiug a whipt sillybub, thru a rby
' straw, iz a good deal like trieing tew Kv on
buty.
I Dever knu a profound pbool yet, who
did not affefct gravity, nor a truly wixe
man. wheze face was Dot alwus cocked and
primed, for a laugh.
Prudery iz nothiug more than coquetry,
go DO to seed.
Mew York city iz a fasst p'ace, yu kant
even pass a phuneral procession, unless yu
hav got the fasstest boss.
Truth haz hardly clothing enuff tew hide
its nakedness.
A pompous man iz like a full blown blad
der. it iz pure malice tew prick him.
The money and morality uv this world
are a good deal alike, the principle never
loses sight ov the interest.
Pitty costs nothing—and aint worth noth
ing.
What men kant do, they are apt to ad
mire,—they don't criticise a mountain, be-
I kaoze thes kant make one.
Poverty iz one ov them kind ov misfor
tunes, that we all ov us dread, but none or
I us pitty.
Thare iz lots ov people in this world who
covet misfortunes, jist for the luxury ov
grunting.
It iz comparatively cazy tew repent ov
the sins that webav committed, but tew re
pent ov those which we intend to commit,
is asking tew much ov enny man, now
days.
I thank God for one thing, and that iz,
when every buddy else iz happy, I am sure
to be.
Most mcu go thru life az rivers go tew the
sea. bi following the lay ov the ground.
In youth we run into diffikultys, in old
age, diffikultys runs into us.
"Times ain't az they used tew be"—this
haz bin the solium, and wize remark ov
mankind, ever since Adam was a boy."
Secrets are cussid poor property at best,
if yu cirkulatc them, yuloze thetu, and ifyu
keep them, yu loze the interest on the in
vestment.
Persecuted for the Devil's sake, iz what
sinners git for their allegiance.
Sum people won't beleave enny thing
they kant prove; the things i can't prove,
arc the very things i beleave the most.
Pride never shows itself more disgust
ingly than in the pomp ova phuneral.
Happiness is not idleness, but its spirit iz
az free from labor, az the life ova yearling
heifei.
Good examples amuog the rulers, are the
best laws they kan cnakt
The devil iz probably the best judge ov
human natur that ever lived, and he must
hav beleaved in the doktrine ov total de
pravity. or he wouldn't hav undertook tew
tempt the Saviour.
A "gentleman about town," iz one who
pays cash for everything except hiz debts.
Money iz like charity, it kiwers a multi
tude ov sins.
A pedant iz one who fills himself in a cel
lar with the klam broth ov literature, and
• hen picks hiz teeth in the society ov the
: learned.
Thare iz but iittle, if anv, ceremony, be
'ween two wize men, but between a wize
i man and a phool, oerimony iz the only thing
that will make a phool feel respekuble.
When yu find a mao who iz very solisituz
| about the wellfair ov everyboddy, yu kan
safely put him down az one who iz banting
for t misfortune.
"Yor look as though you were besie'e
vourself," as the wag said to a f°P wb °
hppeosd to be standing by a donkey-